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Chapter 55

I had to hold Leah back as Jacob and Sky rolled around on the ground. She fought against me but it was with little effort. Even though she had pulled out the IV only minutes before her body was becoming weak as her baby was slowly draining the life from her.

"Nessie please, you have to save him," Leah sobbed. "You promised."

The stress wasn't good for her or the baby so with a simple thought I forced Jake and Sky apart. I was still learning and ended up sending them both into trees in opposite directions.

"What the hell Nessie?" Jacob shouted.

"Now is really not a good time for you to go all UFC. We need to get Leah back to the house and hooked back up to her IV."

"What's wrong with her?" Sky attempt to get closer to Leah, but Jacob made sure he couldn't get anywhere near her.

"I'm so sorry I never told you, but I didn't know how," she cried. "I was afraid that if you knew then that would be the only reason you came back to me." Leah was about to say more when her entire body buckled over in pain. As I knelt down beside her I noticed that the ground underneath her had become extremely wet.

"It's too soon," Leah moaned.

"We don't know that Leah," I did my best to calm her down. "Remember Carlisle said that it could be any day now."

"I said let me go!" Sky was doing his best to get past Jake.

"And I said no so unless you want to lose the thing that caused all this trouble I suggest you shut up."

"Jake you have you help me," I said. "You carry her back to the house and I'll keep an eye on Sky."

Jacob bent to lift Leah into his arms when she once again screamed out in pain and flinching away from his touch. "Honey, you gotta let me carry you," he brushed her hair back from her sweaty forehead. "You don't want to do this here in the woods do you?"

"Let me carry her," Sky said still unaware of what was going on. Jacob was going to say no until he saw the slight smile appear on Leah's face.

Before Sky could pull Leah into his arms Jacob clamped his hand on his shoulder, "Don't for one second think that this changes anything. When this kid is born you and I are going to throw hands."

Instead of wasting time with questions I yanked up Leah's poncho to show Sky her stomach, "Yes she's pregnant. Yes it's yours and no she didn't tell you. If you have anything else to ask then I suggest you wait until after the baby is born.

Whether it was fear of me or fear over having just learned he was going to be a father, Sky followed orders and gently scooped Leah into his arms and we were off.

Too make things easier on everyone I did what I had to do. The only ones that needed to be there for the birth was Carlisle, Leah, Sky, Rose, Finn and me. For this reason I froze everyone in place. Otherwise there would just be a lot of yelling and fighting and at that moment we really didn't need the stress.

Leah was changed into one of those backless gowns and was lying on a special bed where Carlisle examined her. Sky was by her side the entire time waiting for any kind of news.

"Seriously," Finn muttered under his breath for the fifth time.

"He's the father Finn," I felt the need to explain, "He has a right to be here."

"He walked out on them Ness," he argued.

"But he also came back," Rose said. "I am just as pissed at Sky as you are and to be honest we're both going to have to get in a very long line when the time comes for Sky to get what he deserves. But right now, Leah needs him and that's all that matters."

"Well Leah," Carlisle said once he finished his exam, "I think this baby is ready to be born." Carlisle turned to me and nodded giving me the signal to go ahead.

I stood at Leah's side and smiled, "It'll be okay Leah, and I promise nothing bad is going to happen to you or the baby."

"What are you doing?" Sky said, but I didn't have time to explain. If we didn't hurry there was going to be a very big mess in the room when the baby made its own way into the world.

A tear slipped out of Leah's eyes. She was scared

"Leah everything's going to be fine," Sky tried to comfort her.

"What do you know? You haven't been here! You didn't even know I was pregnant!" Leah began to sob.

"Leah I'm going to put you to sleep now," I moved over and took Leah's other hand, giving it a gentle squeeze before sending her into a trance.

Carlisle was very quick. Getting the idea from Aro's weaponry, he had special instrument made from obsidian, the same material in the blade he used to cut my hand off with. It would be less traumatic on Leah and the baby if the delivery were done like this instead of a smash and grab job. Within minutes my grandfather pulled the tiniest person I had ever seen from Leah's body. He gently placed the baby in Rosalie's arms so that she could clean it. I followed close behind to make sure everything was okay.

Rosalie smiled down at the baby as she washed its wrinkly body, "It's a girl," she said to me.

"Welcome to the world Harriet," I said.

A few days before we had asked Leah if she had any names picked out, she wanted to name the baby Harry after her father and said that if she had a girl then the baby's name would be Harriet.

From all the terrifying videos Carlisle made us watch I expected Harriet to be screaming to go back to her mother, but instead all she did was make soft baby noises.

"She's perfect," Rose announced before she reluctantly placed the baby in Sky's arms. He looked down at his daughter with a mixture of fear and awe.

"I'm finished up over here Renesmee," said Carlisle letting me know that it was time to wake Leah up. I was about to turn away from Sky and the baby when she opened her eyes for the first time.

All the air felt as though it had been forced from my body. I knew those eyes. I had seen them before.

There was no time to warn Carlisle. I had to hurry before it was too late. I dashed towards Leah, grabbing the discarded scalpel along the way and quickly cut the stitches that Carlisle had just finished tying. He snatched my hand away no doubt thinking I had lost my mind. That was until a tiny hand pushed its way out through the incision.

"My God," Carlisle wasted no time delivering the second baby, who unlike his sister screamed from the second he took his first breath. After handing the little boy to Rose, Carlisle went to work again hoping to not have to do it again. I knew he wouldn't have to. After all, in my vision, I had only had twins.

Once we were all sure that everything was fine with Leah I brought her out of the trance she was in and waited for her reaction to the news that she had two babies. At first she thought it was a terrible joke that we were trying to play until she saw with her own eyes that there was a baby girl and a baby boy. She and Sky were left alone with their new family.

We all got cleaned up then went into the living room where everyone remained frozen. I wished that I could just have a minute to myself before all hell broke loose which was what was going to happen once everything went back to normal.

At first, everyone was thrilled that Leah was doing fine and that there were in fact there was two babies. Then the rage came. Sue asked Charlie to loan her his gun. She wanted to be ready when she met the father of her new grandchildren.

"No one is shooting anyone," Edward announced which surprised me. I had thought he would have been first in line to see Sky punished for his crimes. My relief was short lived when he explained that it wasn't our place to hand out punishment for others and that Vlad and Stefan were on their way. My father had been keeping them up to date on how Leah was doing. They all agreed that there was a very good chance that Sky would eventually return.

"What will happen when they get here?" I knew what the answer would be. Vlad and Stefan were the new Volturi. Whatever they decided would be in fact the law. What remained of the life Sky knew was on a clock that was quickly running out.

"Sky," Cris cried out when Sky entered the room. She rushed to him and wrapped her arms around his body. She was his mother and like all good mothers, loved her son no matter what he may have done. Though he was hesitant at first, Sky accepted his mother's forgiveness that was followed by Kit's.

It was remarkable how the way we stood in the room reminded me of the first time we had all met Sky. We were once again enemies standing on opposite sides of the room and all because of who Sky's father was.

Bella took my hand in hers and at first it seemed like she was offering me comfort, but I soon realised that she was making skin to skin contact in order to block my powers. She didn't want me trying to save Sky.

After the reunion with his parents Sky turned to everyone else in the room. "I know that I have no right to ask any of you to forgive me-," that was as far as he with his apology.

"Outside," Jacob growled doing his best to keep his cool.

"Jake don't!"

"Stay back Renesmee," Jacob snarled. "I promised that I wouldn't touch him as long as Leah's life was in danger. She's fine now so all bets are off."

"I know you're angry but-,"

"Do not defend him!" Jake ordered as he held Sky at arm's length. "Not after everything he did to you."

A loud screech was followed by a mournful howl. Leah, in all her wolf like glory came bounding into the room where it seemed like she was going to attack Jacob, but she flew past him and broke through the door.

Forgetting the dispute, we all chased her outside where we saw her tackle someone to the ground. When I saw the face of the vampire Leah was attacking I froze and not because he was forcing me to. Alec struggled with her, but never once used his ability or tried to physically hurt her. The reason for this might have had something to do with the fact that Vlad and Stefan were standing close by. They had all arrived together. It turned out that the two older vampires had taken Alec under their wing. Yes, he had been instrumental in the plot to kill me, but he like so many others he had been a victim of Aro's. They were hoping that he could change his ways and become a soldier in the new Volturi army, but this time it would be a soldier of honour.

When a very naked, human Leah was pulled away from Alec Carlisle checked her stitches which had once again been torn open. Instead of sewing her up for a third time I went to Leah's side, grabbed her face in both of my hands and kissed her. Her wound closed almost immediately, allowing her to move freely and without pain. She let Sue and Esme help her into the house to get a new set of clothing and to check on the children.

"Vlad, Stefan," Carlisle greeted them, "thank you for returning."

"It is an honour to return in order to help," Stefan answered. "So Edward was right, Sky has returned. That makes our job that much easier."

"Why don't we all go inside," Carlisle suggested giving our guests time to do their job. It was fine for everyone else to leave if they wanted, but I wasn't going anywhere.

"I'm staying."

"Nessie," Jacob pleaded with me to come inside, but Sky needed someone on his side who wasn't hormonal.

"Renesmee," Vlad kissed my hand as though he were greeting me at a party and not about to end Sky's life, "Once we've taken care of this issue we, Stefan and I would like to speak with you regarding your future."

Before, the thought of my future involving the Volturi caused my blood to freeze. But now that it was being run by sane people, excluding Alec, it didn't seem so bad.

"It's good to see you again Vlad," I smiled. "I'd like to discuss my future first." When he nodded in agreement I told Sky to go check on his children. He reluctantly left the four of us alone to talk.

The smile faded from Vlad's face as he became very serious, "The boy has done many terrible things Renesmee. You know this. Some of the worst he had done to you alone. Surely you do not mean to stand there and defend him?"

The truth was I didn't know what I wanted to happen to Sky. Yes he had committed so terrible atrocities against us, but I knew that he never really had a choice.

"I'm guessing that his punishment is death?"

"It is the only way." Stefan nodded.

"So after you kill Sky you'll be doing the same to Alec?"

"What?" Alec was shocked by this conclusion. "You said that I had immunity! You saw it, that bitch attacked me and I didn't even fight back."

"Settle down boy," Vlad snarled. Apparently he wasn't too keen on forgiving Alec.

"Sky did screw up monumentally, he knows that, hell everyone who ever met the guy knows that. But the fact that you want to hold him to a different standard just because he was Aro's son is wrong. You wanted to start a new Volturi, a better Volturi. Well what better way than to have the punishment fit the crime?"

Instead of objecting, Stefan smiled and asked just what I thought would be the best way to make Sky suffer. It turned out that not only did Stefan and Vlad want me to join them; they actually wanted me to become one of the new leaders. At first it all seemed to be too much for my younger shoulders to handle, but at the same time it felt right.

"If I agree to what you are asking," I said, "I have some conditions. First, I will want a bodyguard." Hey, no one had been watching Aro's back and he was taken out by a teen.

"Agreed. Unlike the Volturi of the past we are willing to form an alliance with the werewolves. Your Jacob will make a fine-,"

"Jacob isn't the one I want to be my bodyguard," it wasn't completely true, but this was something I had to do. "Sky is the one I want."

They all were stunned my answer, but Alec was the only one who spoke.

"What the fuck," he screamed. "There is no way you're letting this happen?"

"Okay wait," I had to stop the negotiations because there was something bugging me. "Why does Alec get a free pass?"

"His sister Jane has yet to be found," Stefan explained. "He has sworn his fealty to us and to helping us find her and bring her to justice."

"Seriously?"

"Renesmee, while the boy has yet to learn his place and to filter his opinions, he does have a point. How would giving Sky a high ranking position be a punishment?" Vlad said.

"Having Sky live, working by my side and allowing him to be with his family is the worst punishment because he'll know every day that he doesn't deserve any of the happiness he will feel."

They thought over my idea and both agreed that it was brilliant. But at the same time they were worried that by allowing Sky to live that the rest of the vampire race would think that the Volturi had gone soft and it would be open season. What they needed was someone to make an example of.

"How is the search going for your sister Alec?"

"We have come close a few times, but she always seems to elude us," Vlad hissed.

It must have been a Volturi thing because I had heard this story before. "Boys I hate to tell you this, but your golden boy has been playing you. He's been helping Jane hide."

"She doesn't know what she's talking about," Alec argued.

"I'm a siphon Alec, remember? And what is it my father can do? Oh right, he can hear people's thoughts." I couldn't help but laugh at the guilty look on his face, never mind the fact that he'd been shouting in his head the entire time about having fooled everyone into thinking he had changed, that he and Janey would show them all. "Stefan, you want to make an example out of someone then I suggest you start with him and in a big way. Then you might want to head to Moscow, that's where your girl is."

I turned and headed back to the house as the sounds of Alec shrieking for his life echoed behind me. In the past I might have been bothered by the violence I was walking away from, but I was a Volturi leader now. Violence was to be a new part of my life and I was strangely okay with that.

After explaining everything to my family once I got home, I went to find Sky and Leah to give them the news. They were with their children spending what they thought were their last few moments together.

"Run," Leah whispered knowing that the word, if said out loud would be heard by the other. "We'll run with you."

"I don't want that kind of life for Harriet and Oscar. They should have a happy life with a family that loves them. Not one where they have to constantly look over their shoulders. I won't have that for you either."

I heard Leah's muffled sob as she tried to sooth one of the babies who had started to fuss.

"I deserve to be punished for everything I helped Aro do. I want to be the kind of father my children can be proud to have had." The last of Sky's words broke into sobs. For over six hundred years he carried so much guilt. It was time to end that guilt.

"Hey," I let my presence be known causing a new wave of tears from Leah. She and Sky were sitting on the bed with the babies between them. "So the little guy's gotta name. I like Oscar."

"Please Renesmee," Leah begged only to have Sky silence her with a kiss. He then kissed his son and daughter and slid from the bed.

"I'm ready," he said looking me straight in the eyes.

"Cool," my response earned me a strange look from Sky. "But I don't really think I'm in any danger in my own home so you can have the rest of the day off, but we might have to leave tomorrow to find Jane."

"What?"

"Sky's punishment is that he has to be my bodyguard and seeing as how I plan to live a very long time then that means that he's going to have to do the same. Really don't want to have someone trying to chop anymore of my bits off."

For the second time I explained my new role as one of the leaders of the Volturi which earn me an awkward hug from a still sobbing Leah, only now her tears were ones of happiness. I tried to ease the weirdness by asking about Oscar.

"Sky named him," Leah said, "seemed only fair seeing as how I named Harriet."

"Why Oscar? Are you a fan of Oscar Wilde?"

"I'm a fan of Oscar, just not that one," he grinned as Leah and I waited to hear the answer. I was thinking if not Wilde, then Sky would have name his son after the famous composer Oscar Hammerstein, but that wasn't the famous Oscar he was thinking of.

"Back in 1969 we were hiding out in a crappy motel when I turned on the television there was this show on about a small street where everyone knew and loved each other. There was this one character that no matter how mean or rude he was to people they just accepted him for what he was. I know it's dumb because it was only a kid's show, but that character made me believe that if there was a place for him place like that that maybe someday there'd be a place for me where'd I could be happy and everything would be a-okay."

"Oh god no," Leah moan, "you did not name our son after a green Muppet?"

"Did you know that he was originally orange," Sky smiled as he picked up his son to cradle in his arms. Leah wanted to be upset, but seeing father and son together made her anger disappear. "Plus the little guy was pretty grouchy when he was born."

"Fine, but if anyone asks it's because you like Oscar Wilde," Leah conceded with a grin, but it quickly faded. "They're not going to kill him?"

"No."

"And they," she motioned with her head toward the door, "are okay with this?"

"Not exactly," I couldn't lie, "but I'm a Volturi leader now and seeing as how what I say is pretty much law they kinda have to be."

"Put Oscar down," she ordered Sky.

"What?"

"Put our son down."

Sky gently placed Oscar back on the bed next to his sister and turned to Leah only to be met by her fist. I think I heard Oscar let out a small giggle. It was clear that he was going to be a fan of the violence.

"I love you, but if you ever walk out on me or our children like that again the Volturi will be the least of your worries. Do you understand me?" Before he could respond she pulled him into a searing kiss that told him everything that she couldn't say out loud.

I left the room to give them the privacy they had earned. The hallway wasn't empty like I thought it would be. Jacob had been waiting for me outside the door. He was sitting on the floor, his back to the wall.

"Hi," was all I could think of to say. Jacob had been the most upset by the decision not to punish Sky. He wanted his pound of flesh and he wanted to do it with his bare hands.

"Hey," he seemed to have had as much trouble form sentences as I did. He released a tired sigh before he continued, "Everything okay in there?"

Resting my back against the wall, I slid my body down so that I was sitting next to him. I knew that he was mad at me, feeling that I was going easy on Sky. "They're good. I told them about the Volturi's decision."

"Your decision," he corrected me.

"My decision," I said. "Leah then punched him in the face." The news of Leah's outburst caused Jake to smile and mutter "attagirl".

"You and Oscar have something in common. He thought it was funny." I then went on to explain who Oscar was. He was silent for a few minutes causing me to worry. I couldn't help but wonder if Sky being allowed to live would affect our relationship. "So, on a scale from one to ten how mad are you?" I moved my hand closer to his but was afraid to make actual contact.

"At you, zero, at your decision making one hundred and forty eight." Jake finished the distance and placed his hand over mine own then said, "Ness there are going to be times when you do or say something that's going to severely piss me off, but we'll get through those times to get to the good ones. That's what happens in a normal relationship. At least I think it is? I was watching a lot of Oprah and Dr. Phil while you were missing. You know...when I wasn't freaking out and committing suicide?"

"And here I thought you'd be bored," I slid into his lap and wrapped my arms around him. "I love you."

"I love you more."

"Nah-ah," was my mature answer.

"Yah-ha," was his mature response. He hugged me tighter against his body before letting me know that my Grandpa Charlie was planning on shooting him. While I was giving Sky and Leah the good news Bella had ratted me out to Charlie. And because Sky was off limits, Charlie was setting his sights on the person who deflowered his grandbaby. Thank god Sue was able to calm him down long enough to hide his gun.

We had all been through so much over the years and the thing that mattered the most was that we had all survived. I knew that there were going to be times in the future when things would get bad. Whether it would be a fight with Jacob or battling some crazy vampire we would get through it and the reason for that, as cheesy as it sounded, would be because we had each other.

"So," Jake interrupted my thoughts, "what's next?"

Instead of giving him the answer that he wanted I grinned and snuggled into his chest and said, "Wouldn't you like to know."

There will be one more chapter then the epilogue. So how do we feel about Renesmee's decision to not kill Sky? Was it the right thing to do? I know a lot of you don't like Sky and might not be happy with my/Nessie's choice.

Seeing as how we are getting to the end I thought I'd do a bit more pimping while I had the chance.

First is a 14 chapter story that had me sobbing uncontrollable by the time I got to the end. It's called "Little Plastic Castles" by "Yogagal". Story summary: Even the best built castles sometimes fall. In a coffee shop, in a city...two people struggle to remember how to put those pieces back together. Okay, just re-reading the summary has me getting all teary eyed. Have a box of tissues close by for this one.

The 2nd fan fic is called "A Thousand Leaves" by "BellaSunshine". Story summary: Isabella Swan grew up as the best friend of Alice Cullen, younger sister of Edward Cullen, who was never nice to Bella despite her being an "honorary Cullen." Everything changes when Edward is sent to prison for the murder of Bella's mother. This one is still in the works but as soon as you start reading, you are hooked.

There's no teaser for the last chapter I'm afraid as it has yet to be written. I'm doing my best to get it written so that I can finally finish this story. Thanks to everyone who read what I wrote and super-thanks to those who took the time to review.